 twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit ; But, if observer pass, will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not be found ; Then go again, and thus her hour employ, While...  The Borough: A Poem in Twenty-four Letters - Page 28by George Crabbe - 1810 - 330 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Englishmen - 1863 - 912 pages
...She would have grieved, had friends presumed to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding...While visions please her, and while woes destroy." With all true poets, Crabbe is not merely a moral, but a religious author. For poets at the present... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...She would have griev'd, had friends presum'd to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding...with the dead ; For sure at length thy thoughts, thy spirit's pain, In this sad conflict, will disturb thy brain ; All have their tasks and trials ; thine... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1864 - 784 pages
...would have griev'd, had friends presum'd to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. " Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in lone abstracted fit ; But if observer pass, will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 192 pages
...She woi Id have grieved had friends presumed to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding...with the dead ; For sure at length thy thoughts, thy spirit's pain, In this sad conflict, will disturb thy brain. All have their tasks and trials; thine... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 pages
...spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will alt, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit; But, if...with the dead ; For sure at length thy thoughts, thy spirit's pain, In this sad conflict, will disturb thy brain. All have their tasks and trials; thine... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...She would have griev'd, had friends presum'd to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding...with the dead ; For sure at length thy thoughts, thy spirit's pain, In this sad conflict, will disturb thy brain ; All have their tasks ' and trials ; thine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...She would have grieved had friends presumed to spare The least assistance, — 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding...While visions please her, and while woes destroy. .fc JAMES MACKINTOSH, 1765-1882. JAMES MACKINTOSH, one of the most distinguished men of his time, and... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...She would have grieved, had friends presumed to spare The least assistance— 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding...with the dead ; For sure at length thy thoughts, thy spirit's pain, In this sad conflict, will disturb thy brain ; All have their tasks and trials ; thine... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 pages
...She would have grieved, had friends presumed to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding...While visions please her, and while woes destroy. FROM "THE PARISH REGISTER." 24:G• AN ENGLISH PEASANT. To pomp and pageantry in nought allied, A noble... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...would have grieved, had friends presumed to spare The least assistance, — 't was her proper care. m of life that wandered by. And she heard a song, — she heard it sung, hours employ, While visions please her, and while woes destroy. GEORGE CRABBB. :*•/'... MARIXE VIEW.... | |
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